The first example of a substrate spanning the calix[4]arene bilayer: the solid state complex of p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene with l-lysineA figure showing the arrangement of the three l-lysine molecules within the chiral layer is available from the RSC web site, see http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/a9/a906546f/

Abstract

The complex of p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene with L-lysine shows a new type of intercalation behaviour with regard to the achiral hydrophobic bilayer assembly of the calixarenes, and represents the first structural example of a cationic organic substrate spanning such a bilayer.